Official recap With Rick Berns sidelined by injury, the Huskers turned sophomore I.M. Hipp loose and the result was an impressive 31-10 win over Baylor.Hipp took over in the first quarter after Berns - who had logged four straight 100-yard-plus games - went down with a hip-pointer. The Chapin, S.C., walk-on proceeded to rush for 122 yards, including a 14-yard TD run, to lead the Huskers. Nebraska followed an early Billy Todd field goal with a dramatic blocked punt to grab a 10-0 lead with 8:24 left in the first quarter. Randy Rick blocked the punt and Larry Young fell on the ball in the end zone. Hipp's TD jaunt and a 22-yard reverse gallop for a touchdown by Curtis Craig in the second quarter gave the Huskers a comfortable 23-3 lead at halftime. Baylor took advantage of a fumbled punt to add a third-quarter touchdown, but the Huskers drove 80 yards on a fourth-quarter Randy Garcia to Ken Spaeth TD pass to nail down their second win of the season.
OMAHA WORLD-HERALD |
Baylor 10
Sept. 24, 1977
Lincoln, NE
Baylor 3 0 7 0 - 10
Nebraska 10 13 0 8 - 31
First quarter
NU - Billy Todd 22 field goal, 8:24
NU - Larry Young recovered blocked punt
in end zone (Todd kick) 6:31
BU - Robert Bledsoe 42 field goal, 3:19
Second quarter
NU - I.M. Hipp 14 run (Todd kick) 6:28
NU - Curtis Craig 22 run (Todd kick
failed) 1:33
Third quarter
BU - David Seaborn 5 pass from Sammy
Bickham (Bledsoe kick) 6:36
Fourth quarter
NU - Ken Spaeth 1 pass from Randy Garcia
(Garcia pass to Craig) 14:57
BU NU
First Downs.................. 9 19
Rushing Net.............. 35-77 66-300
Passing Net ............... 105 114
Comp-Att-Int ......... 9-27-2 8-18-0
Total Offense........... 62-182 84-414
Return Yards ............... 44 36
Punts-Avg. ............... 9-39 8-43
Fumbles-Lost .............. 2-1 5-2
Penalties-Yards .......... 2-21 7-55
I.M. Hipp 122, Curtis Craig 51.
Randy Garcia 3-10-0 for 48 yards;
Tom Sorley 4-7-0 for 41 yards.
